Friendly, Henry Jacob, 1903-1986

• 1903: Born, Elmira, New York, July 3.
• 1923: Graduated from Harvard, summa cum laude, history.
• 1927: Harvard Law School, summa cum laude. Editor-in-chief, Harvard Law Review.
• 1927 - 1928 : Law clerk for Mr. Justice Brandeis of Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C.
• 1928 - 1936 : Associate of law firm Root, Clark, Buckner, Howland & Ballantine of New York City.
• 1930: Married Sophie M. Stern of Philadelphia, daughter of former Chief Justice Horace stern of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
• 1937 - 1945 : Partner in law firm Root, Clark, Howland & Ballantine of New York City.
• 1940: Elected President of the Jewish School Service Association.
• 1944: Appointed by Harvard President Conant to the Harvard Law School Committee in charge of faculty appointments.
• 1945: Elected Trustee-at-large of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies.
• 1945: Chairman of the Federation’s Building Committee.
• 1946 - 1959 : Joined George E. Cleary, Leo Gottilieb and others in forming the firm Cleary, Gottilieb, Friendly & Hamilton with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Paris.
• 1946 - 1959 : Director, Vice President, and general counsel for Pan Am World Airways.
• 1954: Elected member of the Board of Directors, Greater New York Fund.
• 1955: Elected member of the Board of Directors, Citizens’ Committee to Keep New York Clean.
• 1957 - 1959 : Appointed by Harvard President Pusey to fund raising committee for the International Legal Studies Building at Harvard Law School.
• 1958 - 1959 : President, Harvard Law School Association of New York City.
• 1959: Appointed to United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• 1959: Appointed by Mayor Wagner as member of the Commission on Hospital Care.
• 1959: Elected first Vice President, Harvard Alumni Association.
• 1960 - 1961 : President, Harvard Alumni Association.
• 1964 - 1969 : Overseer, Harvard University.
• 1971 - 1973 : Chief Justice of the Second Circuit.
• 1974 - 1986 : Presiding judge of the Special Court under the Rail Reorganization Act (in addition to regular duties.)
• 1986: Died at Park Avenue apartment, New York City, March 11.

From the guide to the Papers, 1958-1985, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University.)